EXFO FastReporter 2 User Manual

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Working with iOLM files

Post Processing Software

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Managing Elements

The elements that you could see on the link are described in the table
below:

Element Name Element Icon

Element Description

Macrobend

Displayed in the link view when more than

one wavelength is present in the

measurement.
The macrobend will always be displayed

as a failed element.

Out of Range

Displayed when the end of fiber could not

be detected by the module because the

dynamic range is not large enough.

Splitter

Passive fiber optic coupler that divides

light from a single fiber into two or more

fiber channels. The splitter ratio is

displayed above the icon.
(Splitters are not available on multimode

or bidirectional files.)

Splice

Indicates the junction of two fiber sections

having different fiber backscatter

characteristics.

Connector

Used to join two fibers.

Mismatch

The elements on a matching location in

the link are not of the same type.

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